Athletic Club and Real Madrid will face each other this Wednesday in the advance match of the 21st day of LaLiga Santander, a match that will be marked by the casualties that affect the two teams due to the Coronavirus.
Covid-19 has affected four players from the rojiblanco team, goalkeepers Unai Simón and Jokin Ezkieta, Íñigo Martínez and Álex Berenguer. Recall that both Unai Simón and Íñigo Martínez were already out on the previous day against Betis after testing positive last Friday. In addition to these players who have tested positive, Marcelino will not be able to count on Dani Vivian, who has been injured for two months and has not recovered in time; Yuri Berchiche operated on for pubalgia and does not have a reappearance date; Assier Villalibre injured in the hamstring, and Peru Nolaskoain who is recovering from his ankle operation.
In total there are eight Athletic Club players who will be withdrawn for this match. The good news is that both Yeray and Dani García have entered the squad list and will be able to play tonight.
The lions occupy the tenth position of the table with 24 points and are five from the Europa League and six from the Champions League places.
This will be the last game of the year for Athletic and Real Madrid who met 20 days ago in the postponed match of the 9th round of the League. In that match played at the Bernabéu, the whites won 1-0 with a goal from Benzema and ended up asking for the time. Now Ancelotti’s team appears in San Mamés with half a team out, 12 between injuries and Covid, but they will try to take the three points to finish 2021 more leaders than ever.
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